The Wicks Organ Company strives to fulfill the needs of
its customers by creating tonal designs which will successfully bestride
the ages. The pipe organ is beset with more agents of trend than any
other musical instrument. Knowing that an ebb and flow in stylistic
trends will continue to exist, Wicks has always persisted in a tonal
philosophy which is sensitive to, but not a slave to trends.
Wicks will always be a custom builder, and, it will always draw upon its
rich history to create the very best instruments, regardless of style,
era, or school.

One great advantage of working with the Wicks company
is the longevity of the Wicks electro-mechanical chests with
DIRECT-ELECTRIC® action. In that this system has an unprecedented, unmatched
life-span, musicians can visit complete, working Wicks organs from 1915
to the present, whereby, they can study and critique living instruments
from virtually every trend in 20th Century
American organ building. By visiting a representative cross-section of
Wicks organs from ten decades, it is possible to get a basic
understanding of the many trends which have come in and out of fashion
in American organ building as a whole.

With such a diverse, living opus list of instruments,
it is truly impossible to place a "label" on the Wicks tonal stance.
Indeed, the Wicks firm has built instruments of every style to be found
in 20th Century American organ building, from the grand
Willis-influenced organs of the 30’s and 40’s and the Theater Organs
of the same era, to the Neo-Baroque instruments of the 60’s and 70’s
and the "American -Classic" instruments of the 80’s and 90’s;
and, the pendulum continues to swing!

Regardless of stylistic disposition,
every Wicks organ is loyal to several grounded premises:

An adherence to the needs of the program it will
serve

A devotion to the concept "Quality before
Quantity"

Artistic execution of the given tonal style within
the framework of the acoustical setting.

Intelligent design of tonal specifications,
and learned construction and voicing of pipework , drawing from
decades of empirical knowledge about every style and trend.

Extensive research into "special" designs which
might not be common practice.

Close collaboration with physical designers,
ensuring optimal tonal success and serviceability upon installation.

It is not for Wicks Pipe Organ Company to judge the
tonal and mechanical work of others. Actually, the Wicks firm takes a
great deal of pride in knowing that its progressive attitude through the
years has helped the entire industry to advance, both tonally and
mechanically. Organ builders far-and-wide have certainly tapped into
Wicks’ courageous innovations, and they have also learned, not only
from the adopted, tried, and true successes, but also from countless
other experiments which have been improved and re-developed to
perfection over time. Indeed, the tonal and mechanical lessons Wicks has
yielded to the organ building industry are far reaching.